Beyond The Silk Mills

As a Jewish immigrant to New Jersey in 1900, Emma dreams of the wealth that will usher her family into high society. Despite the odds, she single-mindedly finagles her way to success and prosperity to attain her status, but at a terrible price.Disinterested in money, Emma's husband Meyer has a passion for workers' rights that stems from his days as a weaver in the Jewish ghetto of Lodz, Poland, where he was an activist in the socialist Labor Bund. When he unionizes his comrades for the historic Paterson Silk Strike of 1913, their lives change forever.

• | Author: Leslie Rupley
• | Publisher: Dameliam Books
• | Publication Date: Oct 01, 2014
• | Number of Pages: 326 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0990426203
• | ISBN-13: 9780990426202